@rikkerslicker.bsky.social
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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Opinion | My entire career is based on being a seemingly hip, young lesbian who says things that old men like to hear. Here's why DEI is wrong.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Opinion | My entire career is based on being a seemingly hip, young lesbian who says things that old men like to hear. Here's why DEI is wrong.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
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perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
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I signed the Harper's letter to show I was brave enough to stand up to the left on free speech. But I've decided that I'm not brave enough to stand up to the right about it.
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I signed the Harper's letter to show I was brave enough to stand up to the left on free speech. But I've decided that I'm not brave enough to stand up to the right about it.
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The key problem with what Ezra Klein says here is that he fails – or is unwilling – to grapple with the fundamental reality of the political conflict: The movement that dominates today’s Right fully rejects the very idea of “living here with each other” as equals. That’s their defining position.
"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The key problem with what Ezra Klein says here is that he fails – or is unwilling – to grapple with the fundamental reality of the political conflict: The movement that dominates today’s Right fully rejects the very idea of “living here with each other” as equals. That’s their defining position.
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i think that if the FCC threatened to revoke ABC’s license unless it replaced Jimmy Kimmel with Kevin Hart to diversify the network, Ilya Shapiro would be able to identify the issue here
This really is the final expression of "libertarianism" as it is practiced in the US today.
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
i think that if the FCC threatened to revoke ABC’s license unless it replaced Jimmy Kimmel with Kevin Hart to diversify the network, Ilya Shapiro would be able to identify the issue here
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my beef with so many centrist democrats is honestly less their ideology than their total lack of political instincts. the actual public is going wild with epstein speculation and this anonymous idiot is skeptical that it is playing outside of washington www.axios.com/2025/07/24/j...
"This whole thing is just such bulls**t": Not every Democrat wants to talk about Epstein
"I don't think this issue is big outside the Beltway," one prominent centrist House Democrat told Axios.
www.axios.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
my beef with so many centrist democrats is honestly less their ideology than their total lack of political instincts. the actual public is going wild with epstein speculation and this anonymous idiot is skeptical that it is playing outside of washington www.axios.com/2025/07/24/j...
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Just took to the House Floor to speak in support of a country where everyone can afford to live the good life.
And in strong opposition to Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill that is devastating to everyday Americans.
We will not be silenced.
www.youtube.com/live/3pbFrch...
And in strong opposition to Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill that is devastating to everyday Americans.
We will not be silenced.
www.youtube.com/live/3pbFrch...
House Democrats are voting HELL NO
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Just took to the House Floor to speak in support of a country where everyone can afford to live the good life.
And in strong opposition to Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill that is devastating to everyday Americans.
We will not be silenced.
www.youtube.com/live/3pbFrch...
And in strong opposition to Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill that is devastating to everyday Americans.
We will not be silenced.
www.youtube.com/live/3pbFrch...
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People will die because of the all-out Republican assault on healthcare in America.
The House Floor is now a crime scene.
The House Floor is now a crime scene.
July 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
People will die because of the all-out Republican assault on healthcare in America.
The House Floor is now a crime scene.
The House Floor is now a crime scene.
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WHAT: Ernest W. Baker (spring 2026)
OCCASIONS: sax! or approaching a crime scene in the morning, squinting, & saying to your partner, “This is a real cock up. Even for Manchester.”
IF IT WERE A SCENT: convertible whose seats smell of pine & cigs
EMOTIONAL RANGE: 🤔/😔
#MJMfashionGuide
OCCASIONS: sax! or approaching a crime scene in the morning, squinting, & saying to your partner, “This is a real cock up. Even for Manchester.”
IF IT WERE A SCENT: convertible whose seats smell of pine & cigs
EMOTIONAL RANGE: 🤔/😔
#MJMfashionGuide
June 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
WHAT: Ernest W. Baker (spring 2026)
OCCASIONS: sax! or approaching a crime scene in the morning, squinting, & saying to your partner, “This is a real cock up. Even for Manchester.”
IF IT WERE A SCENT: convertible whose seats smell of pine & cigs
EMOTIONAL RANGE: 🤔/😔
#MJMfashionGuide
OCCASIONS: sax! or approaching a crime scene in the morning, squinting, & saying to your partner, “This is a real cock up. Even for Manchester.”
IF IT WERE A SCENT: convertible whose seats smell of pine & cigs
EMOTIONAL RANGE: 🤔/😔
#MJMfashionGuide
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“The attempt to foster an openly authoritarian culture in the United States isn’t as flashy as some of the most overt expressions of despotism we’ve seen from the Trump administration, but it is very much part of the package,” writes our columnist Jamelle Bouie.
Opinion | ICE Will See You Now
It won’t be easy to get rid of authoritarian habits of mind.
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“The attempt to foster an openly authoritarian culture in the United States isn’t as flashy as some of the most overt expressions of despotism we’ve seen from the Trump administration, but it is very much part of the package,” writes our columnist Jamelle Bouie.
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Only history's greatest monsters have [squints at Fox News graphic] addressed the cost of living in practical ways.
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Only history's greatest monsters have [squints at Fox News graphic] addressed the cost of living in practical ways.
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Mamdani hosted a Trans townhall with community and Cuomo said we lost the presidential election due to sports and bathrooms bsky.app/profile/jael...
Haven’t seen this reported yet: in a speech to supporters posted to TikTok last week, NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said he believes that Democrats lost in 2024 because “we’re talking about bathrooms and who’s gonna play in what [sports] team”
June 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Mamdani hosted a Trans townhall with community and Cuomo said we lost the presidential election due to sports and bathrooms bsky.app/profile/jael...
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Zohran Mamdani is the only democrat in the mayoral race that released an LGBTQ platform and the only democrat in the country (that I know of) to commit to safeguarding gender affirming care for youth + adults with $$.
June 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Zohran Mamdani is the only democrat in the mayoral race that released an LGBTQ platform and the only democrat in the country (that I know of) to commit to safeguarding gender affirming care for youth + adults with $$.
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I need you all to see the hype video that this person made to sell their 1994 Geo Metro
June 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I need you all to see the hype video that this person made to sell their 1994 Geo Metro
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This is residents in San Diego telling Ice-Gestapo agents to get TF out of their neighborhood. More of this please. 💙👊
June 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is residents in San Diego telling Ice-Gestapo agents to get TF out of their neighborhood. More of this please. 💙👊
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ICE (or maybe DEA? who knows?) shows up again in the same quiet Berkshires town, at a landscaping job site.
This time business owners confronted the agents, demanded they show warrants or IDs. The agents refused.
“I felt like I was in North Korea,” owner says.
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...
This time business owners confronted the agents, demanded they show warrants or IDs. The agents refused.
“I felt like I was in North Korea,” owner says.
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...
Business owners confront ICE agents during arrest at Great Barrington job site
ICE made another visit to Great Barrington. One man was arrested. But two business owners say they prevented the arrest of a second man.
www.berkshireeagle.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
ICE (or maybe DEA? who knows?) shows up again in the same quiet Berkshires town, at a landscaping job site.
This time business owners confronted the agents, demanded they show warrants or IDs. The agents refused.
“I felt like I was in North Korea,” owner says.
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...
This time business owners confronted the agents, demanded they show warrants or IDs. The agents refused.
“I felt like I was in North Korea,” owner says.
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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i've never gotten into short form video or chatgpt and im so hyped to eventually be one of the last remaining people with attention span and analytical skills, i think it's really going to increase my value to enterprising warlords during the water wars
June 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
i've never gotten into short form video or chatgpt and im so hyped to eventually be one of the last remaining people with attention span and analytical skills, i think it's really going to increase my value to enterprising warlords during the water wars
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People have focused on the kook aspects of RFK Jr in a way that obscured his authoritarianism and cruelty.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
People have focused on the kook aspects of RFK Jr in a way that obscured his authoritarianism and cruelty.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
But he’s genuinely an enemy of freedom and basic decency. He’s a narcissist, a eugenicist, and a predator.
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The notion that private institutions need to toe the party line is so fundamentally un-American it is almost unbelievable
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The notion that private institutions need to toe the party line is so fundamentally un-American it is almost unbelievable
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yes. they literally blame higher education for a social order that doesn’t give unquestioned deference to people like themselves
I do not think people are actually seriously calibrated for how rabidly anti-university the MAGA right is and how core that is to their policy goals. It is probably the #2 issue after immigration for them, and for some of them it’s higher.
May 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
yes. they literally blame higher education for a social order that doesn’t give unquestioned deference to people like themselves
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please, cis friends, call yr senators. this is very very important. 11th hr stuff
1 in 5 trans adults are insured through Medicaid - and this is what happens when they can’t use that coverage for gender-affirming care
19thnews.org/2025/02/red-...
19thnews.org/2025/02/red-...
May 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
please, cis friends, call yr senators. this is very very important. 11th hr stuff
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This is a really good breakdown of what happened last night with Republicans changing the budget bill to ban adult trans care in Medicaid.
Send this to your friends and loved ones, now is the time for action!
Send this to your friends and loved ones, now is the time for action!
New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would transgender care on Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is a really good breakdown of what happened last night with Republicans changing the budget bill to ban adult trans care in Medicaid.
Send this to your friends and loved ones, now is the time for action!
Send this to your friends and loved ones, now is the time for action!
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This passed 215-214. We're going to lose our healthcare because 3 senior Dems have died this year. We lost Roe because Ginsburg didn't retire. We lost the election because Joe ran for reelection.
Our country is being destroyed because geriatric Dems can't retire and let go of power.
Our country is being destroyed because geriatric Dems can't retire and let go of power.
The Republican-passed “big beautiful bill” takes away health insurance coverage from ALL transgender people, regardless of age.
HRC President Kelley Robinson calls it "cruel."
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
HRC President Kelley Robinson calls it "cruel."
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
BREAKING: Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ stripping transgender Americans of health care
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
www.advocate.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This passed 215-214. We're going to lose our healthcare because 3 senior Dems have died this year. We lost Roe because Ginsburg didn't retire. We lost the election because Joe ran for reelection.
Our country is being destroyed because geriatric Dems can't retire and let go of power.
Our country is being destroyed because geriatric Dems can't retire and let go of power.